[11] Vinoda Paliencar obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Sangeet Visharad) degree in classical music in 1988 from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Miraj.

[13][14] His brother Uday Paliencar had unsuccessfully contested the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a candidate of the Indian National Congress from the Siolim constituency.

[11] After the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar formed the government after the 2017 Assembly elections with the support of the Goa forward, Paliencar was sworn in as a cabinet Minister on 14 March 2017.

[30][31][32] After the controversy resulting out of Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar's letter to the Karnataka BJP President B. S. Yeddyurappa, Paliencar suggested that Parrikar's letter was a political stunt and categorically stated that (we will) not give a single drop of (Mhadei's) water to Karnataka.

[40] After an outrage of social media and demands for an apology, Paliencar through his Twitter account claimed that The so-called abusive words were misquoted & reported by Journalist without being present for press conference.